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Scapegoats, Sacred Cows in Nigeria’s Orwellian World

Daily Dispatch August 12, 2025

….Lessons from Kwam (Oshio), Kwam 1 (Wasiu), and Kwam 2 (Comfort) By Senator Iroegbu In today’s Nigeria, the law has two faces. On one side, it is timid and deferential, almost invisible in the presence of the powerful. Conversely, it is swift, merciless, and loud when unleashed on the

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And the King fell “yakata” on the runway of indiscretion

Daily Dispatch August 11, 2025

By Tunde Olusunle Self-glorification by way of the conferment of verbose aliases and honorifics on themselves, has long been the vogue among Nigerian music artists. Those from the Yoruba country are most famous for this self-indulgence. First generation exemplars of the *juju* music genre, Ebenezer Remilekun Aremu Olasupo Obey-Fabiyi and Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye for

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Abuja Airport Drama: The Clash Of Ego And Impunity

Daily Dispatch August 11, 2025

By Kazeem Akintunde Musician Wasiu Ayinde Anifowose was in the news for the better part of last week for the wrong reasons. His big-sized ego and half-baked education eventually became his undoing. Scheduled to board a morning flight from Abuja to Lagos, Anifowose, who has rebranded his name and music on more than four different […]

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President Tinubu, The North And Distortions Of Politics

Daily Dispatch August 10, 2025

By Tunde Rahman Two years in the saddle, has President Bola Tinubu undercut the Northern region in the management of the country’s affairs and distribution of political appointments and development projects? Has he reneged on the promise made to the Northern elites three years ago in Kaduna that he would run an all-inclusive government, protect […]

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Why Yobe ‘English’ girls deserve their flowers

Daily Dispatch August 10, 2025

By Hassan Gimba “If your plan is for one year, plant rice; if your plan is for ten years, plant trees; if your plan is for one hundred years, educate children” – Guan Yiwu. This quote from Guan Yiwu, an earlier statesman and thinker who lived from about 720 BC to 645 BC, is often wrongly attributed […]

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Oba Adetona and the hypocrisy of religionists

Daily Dispatch August 10, 2025

By Bolanle BOLAWOLEturnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 (Published in my ON THE LORD’S DAY column in the Sunday Tribune newspaper edition of Sunday, 10 August 2025). Whereas my resolution was not to comment on the controversy surrounding the burial of the late Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, pressure from readers caused me to rethink. “Are […]